The rebuilding of key strategic relationships across the value chain of the platinum group metals (PGMs) sector is essential for the survival of the industry, Mining Phakisa coordinator Edwin Ritchken states in the book The Future of Mining in South Africa: Sunset or Sunrise, published by the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection. His comments arise at a time when the PGMs-hosting western limb of the Bushveld Complex is at a crossroads, brought about by the diminished demand for platinum.
